Outsource Consultants

APRIL 18, 2024

In a recent article for CXM Today, we gave our complete guide to call center tools and metrics to drive CX growth. But, for those ready to dive in now, we draw similar conclusions in our advice for how using CX metrics more strategically can best guide your labor and technology choices. We encourage you to check it out.

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Hodusoft

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

7 Key Indicators Your MSP Call Center Needs a Revolutionary Shift For Managed Service Providers (MSPs), a call center is extremely crucial. That’s one of their most potent tools to deliver exceptional customer service. MSP call centers often handle a large volume of calls.

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NobelBiz

MARCH 5, 2024

Are you grappling with the complexities of call center metrics, seeking to elevate customer experience, and driving operational excellence through insightful data analysis? The right call center reporting system isn’t just a nice-to-have; it’s an absolute necessity.

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Quality Contact Solutions

MARCH 22, 2021

Back in the early ’90s, as a college student, I found myself working in an inbound call center , which at the time was an industry that many didn’t fully understand or appreciate. I was an agent taking inbound calls for vehicle rentals alongside 199 other agents. post-call wrap-up goals and much more.

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

New call center managers have a lot to wrap their minds around. Overhauling your call center operations can seem outright impossible without a little guidance and know-how. The success of your call center agents depends heavily on your ability to lead them to that success. First call resolution.

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Advantage Communications

JULY 10, 2019

When it comes to outsourcing your customer service to a call center, there are a range of metrics that call centers use to ensure they are delivering a superior customer experience (CX) for your customers.

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Callminer

MARCH 9, 2020

Scheduling forms the foundation of every successful call center operation. Ensuring your organization has enough hands on deck at all times keeps callers from waiting too long or abandoning calls altogether before their questions can be answered. Keeping up with Incoming Calls. Monitoring Attendance and Leave.

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Balto

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Monitoring agent performance is fundamental for keeping your call center running at optimal levels. . This guide will introduce you to some of the most important call center metrics and KPIs. These are the most relevant call center performance metrics to measure: Average After-Call Work (ACW).

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Babelforce

MAY 18, 2022

Call center forecasting is a set of practices that aims to determine the contact volume and number of agents needed to handle that contact volume over a set period of time. Accurate forecasting optimizes productivity and ensures contact centers have the right number of agents to deal with contact volume. Service level goal.

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JustCall

APRIL 3, 2024

So, how do you manage call surges during unanticipated high-traffic periods? Let’s explore the top 10 tips high call volume call centers could use. High call volume: What is it? What you deem high call volume varies depending on the size of your business and the industry in which it operates.

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Global Response

MAY 22, 2023

If you currently use inbound or outbound call center services and are looking for ways to: expand your services improve service levels increase efficiency develop more flexible and scalable models support business growth …then a blended call center might be a better fit for your business.

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Expivia

APRIL 29, 2021

The success of your call center depends on the list of key performance indicators (KPIs) you follow. If you know what your performance metrics are, you know how well you’re doing. Without call center KPI tracking, you’ll never know if you’re running your call center effectively. Total Calls Handled.

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JustCall

JANUARY 19, 2023

Call centers are established to meet the demands of customers. A good call center optimization can match the customer’s expectations with the best level of customer service. Only 67% of people around the world believe that customer service is getting better. What are Call Centers?

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Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Come into the classroom, sit down, and let us begin today’s four-part lesson: Call Center 101 – The Golden Rules of SLAs. As the official written handshake shared by a vendor and a buyer, it is a tangible commitment that ensures specific services will be delivered. What is a Service Level Agreement?

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Quality Contact Solutions

MAY 4, 2021

If you needed to change the tire on your car because it was flat and you didn’t know how to do it, what would you do? Changing a tire isn’t too difficult if you know how to do it. It’s not any different if you’re trying to find an inbound call center outsourcing partner. Why do they call? Dedicated vs.

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Global Response

MAY 15, 2023

What do call center quality and your car have in common? Rather than regularly checking oil levels and ensuring your tires are at the optimal pressure regularly, you probably simply wait for a warning light—or worse—to indicate you need to make a change. What KPIs and metrics are most important for your call center?

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SharpenCX

AUGUST 26, 2020

That’s why today we’re talking about how effective leaders put performance over presence when managing a call center. How to Build Trust. You’re not expected to be the expert at every little thing about call centers, but you should have enough knowledge to manage your team effectively. Let’s get started!

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Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Virtual hold technology helps to streamline your call center operations by offering customers a call-back through your traditional IVR or letting the customer schedule a call at their preferred time through Visual IVR. The Contact Center Guide to Managing Spikes in Call Volume.

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Playvox

JULY 14, 2023

Here’s the blueprint for achieving greater agent productivity in your call center. Contact Center Agent Productivity Defined Call center agent productivity is based on the efficiency and effectiveness with which your agents handle customer interactions, such as incoming calls, emails, chats, and social interactions.

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Fonolo

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

In the world of contact center metrics, service level has always held a special place. This metric is universally understood across the industry, and clearly conveys how quickly customer calls are answered by support agents. Its origins go back over five decades, to the earliest days of call centers.

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JustCall

APRIL 3, 2023

An inbound sales call center is an absolute necessity. Irrespective of the state of the phone calls, inbound call centers are an essential part of businesses today, providing a critical point of contact for customers to get support, make purchases, or get answers to their questions instantly.

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Fonolo

OCTOBER 19, 2023

If you’re in the contact center industry, 80/20 service levels are likely nothing new. You may have used 80/20 service levels in your operations! Contact center managers know that SLAs are essential for defining and measuring success for their businesses. Is 80/20 Right for My Contact Center?

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Feast your eyes on the infographic below (along with the accompanying Coles notes) which acts as a handy cheat-sheet for those looking to revitalize their contact and call centers with simple changes (including gamification, service levels, and call-backs), all of which will continue to shape the landscape in 2019.

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Fonolo

JUNE 12, 2019

Are you prepared for unpredicted spikes in call volume? Call-backs are an insurance policy for your call center: When call volume spikes, your call center can avoid disaster and handle the unexpected traffic with ease. Lower Abandonment Rates. Lowering Abandon Rates.

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VHT

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Improving ASA (average speed to answer) can have many positive impacts on your call center, and one method of improvement is through a callback system. ASA has a direct correlation to important call center metrics such as call abandonment rate, efficiency and customer satisfaction.

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Fonolo

MAY 15, 2018

Everyone knows how important it is to monitor metrics, but do you know how to pick the right ones, and implement an effective strategy? Ultimately, tracking the right numbers is essential to managing a well performing contact center.

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Global Response

DECEMBER 21, 2023

As a result, more and more companies are turning to outsourcing to manage their help desk service. But in order to reap the benefits outsourcing can provide, you have to be able to effectively evaluate and choose the right help desk service provider. As a result, this should be an area where you do a very thorough level of evaluation.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Faced with the pandemic, many contact centers have been forced to close their offices, raising fears of a slowdown or even closure. The question of the moment is how to ensure business continuity? And above all, how can remote agents for new agents be successful? Another measure is the service level.

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

In our on-going effort to demystify call center metrics, ‘occupancy rate’ shouldn’t be forgotten. Occupancy rate is basically a measure of how “busy” call center agents are when they are at work. It is sometimes referred to as “utilization rate.”.

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Monet Software

JANUARY 16, 2020

To blend or not to blend—that is the question for today’s call centers. Blended agent assignments have been a staple of the contact center since the advent of automated call distribution (ACD) systems. As the omnichannel contact center has blossomed the variety of contact types to manage has multiplied.

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Fonolo

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Are you prepared for unpredicted spikes in call volume? Call-backs are an insurance policy for your call center: When call volume spikes, your call center can avoid disaster and handle the unexpected traffic with ease. Lower Abandonment Rates. Lowering Abandon Rates.

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SharpenCX

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Today, I’m talking about how you can realistically implement proactive customer service in your call center, no matter how big or how small. What is Proactive Customer Service? Proactive customer service is all about action. How about agent hold time? Are your handle times on the rise?

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Fonolo

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

The best way for a call center to stand out as a leader is through the customer experience. Most callers will begin subconsciously rating their customer experience from the beginning of the interaction, regardless of the channel; phone, web, social media, or mobile app. How to Calculate Hold Time in a Call Center.

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

After assessing how the pandemic had changed the call center in 2020 , we decided to peek over the parapet at 2021. We asked the contact center industry’s top influencers and business leaders what they thought the most significant contact center trends in 2021 would be. Call Centers Will Change in 2020.

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Global Response

DECEMBER 21, 2023

In this article, we’ll break down what you need to know about help desk outsourcing and how to make it work for you. Help desk outsourcing isn’t your run-of-the-mill customer service or customer support outsourcing. Connect with a Global Response expert today and see how we can help transform your Help Desk support.

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Fonolo

APRIL 11, 2019

Much like ensuring that our young are safe from harm’s way, yet still have the freedom to explore and grow, contact center leadership must ensure that their departments are safe-guarded while still maintaining the capability to grow internally and externally both in service and in excellence. Use Advanced Analytics.

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Global Response

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

But which inbound call center company do you choose? Ultimately, you want to partner with a cost-effective call center that aligns with your company values and provides excellent customer service. Let’s walk through all you need to know to determine which call center is right for you.

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